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'Swink Ts Homerun Halfback PASCHAL'S POOP or Colton Bowlers who been WES SANTEE It Was A Year Of Troubles Of Wes Santee Great Miler YOU CAN UUHJQ'UJ UUUtUiA UUi al by 27 points And aound and around some PLEASE EVERYONE 4 Comments and Things of JIM SWINK from Parker Astin Hardware Me 16 Gamc Slate Call 2 1336 or Classified Adi SWEEPSTAKES Today's Winner Was SPECIAL SWEEPSTAKES VALUE LITTLE RED WAGONS I Bom cvaitabU cl jJtq cot AT REAL CHRISTMAS EXCEPT WHEEL GOODS JOE AULKS GIT CERTIICATE New 1956 inest Performing TELEVISION VEnETIRB BL1HDS URNITURECD took from 1 I I I I I 1 1 1 I I j1J i i i i i i Swivel case day' Arkansas plays Phillips at Bartlesville We a and Bavlor engages Oklahoma at Stillwater and TCU tries Ok lahoma City University at ort Worth riday or ll the Rated Above All Others! of a second off his record pulling it 4:005 at the Texas "'i 1 yoo Olympic uames Col Harry Henshel Chair man of the Olympic Bas ketball Commitce explained the new method of selection Satur day what like a craized dog chasing its tail If you tied a speedometer on Downs betcha run 50 milesbefore a night of basketball was over Most of it chasing around and around trying to get on the defender Then too once Downs gets the ball near the baskepie is just as determined to put it through the hoops He'll head fake jump backhand it may do many other things of which generally lead to same thing two points SOSOLIKS RADIO TV SERVICE Grange hemmed in near the sideline He wouldn't have five yards of working room on eith er side and yet I be able to get a hand on him even touch Ask him what college player since th'3t time is close to Grange in running ability and Michalske mentions Doak Wal ker of Southern Methodist and of Caroline who ran wild for Illinois as' a sophombre in 1953 Caroline was closer in style to Grange Michalske sais an eior Custom Made Ted Williams great Boston Red Sox outfielderstill leads all active baseball players in hitting Wally Moon former Aggie diamond star is among Howard Payne pulled even with Eastern New Mexico in season standings with a 110 74 triumph over Texas Lutheran McMurry plays Sul Ross two games this Week Eastern New Mexico gets Southwestern' Lou isiana Institute Louisiana Tech and Texas Tech Howard Payne plays Southwestern Sam Hous ton and St Mary Watch for Sweepstakes Values And Save Plenty! this week wind Up play for the conference until Dec 28 when it meets Southern California tn the annual tournament at Houston institute nor has it Krebs the largest to play at SMU at has been doing the league hitting 300 or Williams Bs Stan Musial Bill Skowron NY Richie Ashburn' Ph Jackie Robinson Bky Dale Mitchell Cl George Kell Ch Willie Mays NY Al Kaline Dt Bill Gobdman Bs Duke Snider Bk Dun Mueller NY Harvey Kuenn NY Minnie Minosp Ch Enos Slaughter KC Smoky Burgess Cm Ted Kluszewski Cm Carl unllo Bk Bobby Avila Cl Moon SL louriianieiit Will Decide Olympic COMPANY PHONE 21541 ABILENE The Big State Leagtie with four new members and another returning after a two year absence will meet Jan 14 to adopt a 140 game sched ule President Hal Sayles said last week The opening day will Ralph Kiner one time home run king of the national league is hitting some "long uns" in his new job as general manager of the San Diego Padres Re cently Kiner made known plans to build a new ball park All this in the wake of league is doomed" talk yiems somewhat encouraging home court SMU Wichita at Wichita Midwestern swing are Wednesday and By PASCHAL PRICE Sports Editor Bryan Eaois the shortest week before Santee had brok en Gil Dodds 4:053 standard with a 4:038 effort Nielsen complained about the way his tour here had been handled by the AAU and vow ed never to return One important fact stands out the Iron Curtain coun tries are going to be 'hard to beat in the Olympics The likes of Tabor Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia Vladimir Kuc of Russia Sandor Iharos of Hungary (who shattered Chat away's 3 mile record by nine seconds in 3:142) Ivan Ulls berger of Czechoslovakia and Sandor Srozsavoelgyi of Hun gary ran some fantastic long distance races during 1955 Santee Chataway Bobby Seaman of Los Angeles who ran the outdoor mile in 4:014 and Roger Moens of Belgium who was caught in a record 1: 457 for the 800 meters will be some of the op runners align ed against them can't say that still vivid Michalske continues: times I would have WHITE SOX CARDINALS MEET 9 TIMES THIS SPRING 'CHICAGO Dec 17 W5 The Chicago White Sox and the St Louis Cardinals will play a se ries of nine exhibition baseball games next spring The Pale Hose and Cardinals will make a junket from their lorida training bases for gam es starting at Albany Ga Ap ril 5 By OTTIS SANDERS The Bryan Bronco basketball team is rolling along with a 6 2 record and can reach a 9 2 mark before entering district competition if they as expect ed lick Conroe and Brenham in their remaining non district games This already is one of the best starts in year's for Bryan and the question arises "How good are the Broncos of Coach Peck still lack polish and should show much improve says Vass As for a dis trict finish the high school cage mentor predicted that his team should at least wind up within the top four which will be composed of Corsicana Pal estine McCallum and Bryan Va's thinks Tlje Brones begin their quest for a district title Dec 30 with University High of Waco This is a typical Vass coach ed team Good team speed has rarely been available in such quality as to enable the Brones to run with their foes so Vass puts the accent on shooting ef ficiency and steady maneuvering He stresses close team work good rebounding and accurate firing from the floor with con tinuous probing for leaks in enemy defenses The Broncos have had good team scoring balance thus far to blend with good team height The presence of Tracey Peters 6 5 center boosts a 6 1 eight average in the starting lineup and the scoring has been fairly distributed between starters Joe Thompson Sammy' Dwyer Travis Nevill rank Seale and ble he can't shoot But one of the best basketball players I fever Taken from a natural ability standpoint all those things well apply to Downs Roy West was a great basket ball player because of desire and hard work The same ingredients are evi dent in Downs Haven't seen him perform this season but last season Ray Downs the of fensive postman started jocky ing for a position no sooner that his team took the ball out under the opponents basket As the ball was being brought down the far court be Downs under his basket run By ED CORRIGAN AP Newsfeatures John Landy of Australia who holds the world mile record of 3:58 is a better runner than a nronhet The swiftie predicted that his en viable mark would be broken The record having withstood the determined 1955 assaults of the world's greatest milers still stands or Wes Santee 1955 was a year of bitter disappointment Almost weekly he predicted he would run the mile in four minutes or less He did trim one tenth American down to Relays Santee got in trouble with the AAU over his expense ac counts for three California meets The Missouri Valley AAU where he is registered suspended Santee Had the sus pension held he would have been barred from participating in the 1956 Olympics The sus pension was lifted after three weeks The membership in the ex clusive Minute club was more than doubled Joining Landy and Roger Bannister also retired were three fledglings who met in London Laszlo Tabori of Hungary won the race in 3:59 folowed by Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson two Eng lishmen Both were caught in 3:598 As for the indoor mile record it too is out of the United States Gunnar Nielsen of Den mark who spent last winter battling' Santee and red Dwy er lowered it to 4 036 The No obligation nothing to buy just register Complete instructions at Parker Astin Hardware Co Doaker lias One More Game Left AND ROM THE WORLD LEADER IN QUALITY RADIOS find Beaumont at Port Arthur Wi chita alls at Waco Corpus Christi at Victoria and Lubbock at' 'Abilene Beaumont Lub bock Abilene and Victoria are the new members Wichita alls returned to the baseball loop air to roll up 27 points before the Gators could score A crowd of 7500 watched Gottlob take to the air with pin point passing and Car Mayes pulverize the Gators with their running Steve Mell inger former Kentucky grid man chalked up a touchdown with a 25 yard run The Navy scored twice tn the final period with Noel Schmidt imakmgi4ine touchdown and Bill Bonar passing to John Mc Kee for the second Big Stale Loop Slates Meeting biggest stride ever seen" says the Texas coach was un canny with his Michalske played touch foot ball against the famous Illinois iceman when they were on a barnstorming tour and the memory of Red's illusiveness is new retired DETROIT Doak Walker the brilliant halfback will play his last pro fessional football game next month Walker former Southern Methodist great accepted an invitation yesterday to play in the annual Pro Bowl game in Los Angeles Jan 15 He played his final regular game for the Lions fast Sunday against the New York Giants Peters The bespectacled 6 foot Thompson is one of the smooth est Brones and perhaps the most consistent on long range firing Dwyer starter at 5 10 is an opportu nistic eager can hit fgom any spot on the court is a strong rebouhder and defender Nevill at 6 2 is also a strong rebounder and tireless work er He's a consistent scorer and a good team man: Seale one of the most experienced men on the team at 6' has yet to hit his stride thus far this sea son but should come along The development of Peters into a good big man could be the difference to the Brones this year The 6 5 giant has im proved rapidly since a year ago become a strong fac tor with better scoring ability rebounding and bail handling Ross alco Kiver Dahlberg Hood Tankers ayy to Sea This is the one gift you can't go wrong in buying the lucky receiver can select from hundreds of items he wants and needs from our large store Make it a gift certificate from Parker Astin and be sure you pleased All have been beaten Murry four times Eastern New Mexico two drubbings last week Sul Ross 88 53 and Neiv Mexico Western 79 77 Texas Conference Cage Teams Have WinningProblems By The Associated Press Texas Conference basketball teams doing too well and this week they run into more trouble PA UKUI Santa Claus GALVESTON Tex (45 The tHood Tankers who think they are tops in service foot all rolled over the Little Creek Va Navy Gators 33 13 in the seventh annual Shrimp Bowl yesterday Piloted by Don Gottlob Sam ing last Temple Tucker the 6 10 giant with nice been Jim man ever 6 9 who most scoring It has been a comparative Rays Downs 6 4 for the Texas Longhorns sensational scoring comes as no surprise It was pointed out here awhile back that he was probably the league's best of fensive man With the Christmas holidays practically upon us Downs has stored 189 ooints to outrank his nearest ri vi 27 points is the exact per game average of the hard working Steer That scoring spurt by Downs has boosted the Steers to third in the league behind Rice and SMU The Longhorns figured to fight it out with for the cellar have won four and lost three for the sea son What makes Downs a great scorer? He reminds me of what Allen Coach Leslie Robinson once said about one of his play ers Roy West: run he can't drib NO VINETIAN BLIND IS A Qeuurte Unless if bear This HARDWARE I 4 COMPANY 106 NO BRYAN PHONE 21541 SENSATIONAL '56 TV ENDS EDIhlGE AKEM RECEPTION PROBLEMS wr Zenith pioneered advance features mean more for your TV Double PicturaVowor with Zenith't picturo tube Zenith Cinelenf deepens the picture contrast for new realism i ringe Lock Circuit "locks" picture in place for TVs finest reception in "problem locations" Royal Chassis with 16500 volts of picture power for blacker blocks whiter whites in all locations Across from the Railroad Tower" 713 Main Phone 2 1941 Able' Lara iChest er Jonen'end Joe Campise form the reserve corps with Johnny Niederauer offering help from the team ootballer Stuart Helvey a clever eager' out because of scholastic Reasons return to boost reserve strehgth after fnid term The fact stands out that the Brones this year have started fast contrary to Bryan basket ball teams of the past Notor iously slow starters tne Brones usually have a frustrating non district campaign then catch fire in district warfare Even charges that fought their way into the state play offs back in 4951 had their pre dis trict miseries The 1953 outfit that finished second in district play managed only one Victory in 11 non district games The Brones then at this stage look far better than any Bryan teams of recent years 10 national league plavcrs two pt more years who are hit ting' at: 300 or better Wally has an even 300 on 368 hits in228 trips to the plate The 20 players 10 in each more are: 384 342 328 315 314 314 310 309 309 308 307' 30 307 Z305 304 Houston State's Tex Little All 304 i America of a few seasons ago 303 I the Taners romped to 289 'yards 301 on the ground and 186 in the 300 i 300 The SHOREHAM Medal X12W Table TV with famed Zenith Cin6 beam picture tube Removable protective glass Maroon cabinet Also in Blond slightly higher 22Q95 pr more enduring grfts for everyone step year IRHA Tfamity Gift Center Model Airplane Headquarters 214 Bryan Phone 2 1669 ST LOU'S 45 St Louis Cardinals' tonight announced a 46 gam spring training sched ule which includes II games so new Manager red die Hutchinson can a be" ter 100k dt his plavers The Chicago White Sox meet the Birds 11 times two in lor ida and nine on the trip home rank Lane general mana ger said all the games will be played in Tampa la the morning Three will be against the White Sox and eight against the Cincinnati Redlegs Opening game of the Grape fruit schedule will be March 10 against the New York Yankees long time St Petersburg la rivals of the Cardinals Ray Downs Point Maker Deluxe Joe Says (LEAN HOUSE! TOYS Before the Southwest conference basketball season started most cage fans were talking about the loops big boys and how much scoring these giants would do ere the season ended the day of big boy basketball all right but every now and then a small fellow corties along the show year it hasn't bccn'Dick O'Neal 6 7 TCU center MONDAY DEC 19 195S THE BRY AN DAILT EAGLE BRYAN TEXAS THRE1 Brone Gagers Off To ast Non Loop Start SWCBasketball Non loop SlateAbout Complete By HAROLD RATLI AP Sportt Editoy Southwest Conference bas ketball teams get the bulk of their intcrsectional schedule out of the way this week but they'll have to hump it to win enough games to pull even for the sea son SMU and Rice the most suc cessful of the league outfits against outside opposition each has wo ga es a gai ns wo rth foes with SMU task the hard est The Methodists licked Kansas 81 61 last week and thev will trv to repeat he trick on the Javhuwks also plavs 'in a short The games Thursday Rice plays Kansas at Hous ton Monday night then takes on Auburn at Houston Wednes day night: Texas which also has done very well doesn play a game this week leaving it up to downtrodden TCU Baylor and Arkansas to pick up lost ground: The conference's record for the season in interscctional play is 12 victories against 19 defeats TCU Baylor arid Arkansas aren't likely to add many vic tories because TCU plays Wi chita at Wichita Monday Bay lor tackles Tulsa at Waco Tues Mrs Garrett who was NOT registered the previous day Tuesday's drawing wilt be for: IN merchandise SuU'UU YOUR CHOICE NEW YORK Dee 17 One college team one the arm ed forces and the two finalists in the National AAU champion ships will play a round robin scries to determine the Ameri can basketball squad for the By HAHOLD RATLI AP Newsfeatures ORT WORTH tex Jim Swink the home run halfback of Texas Christian University compares with the great run ners of all time says the man I who is well qualified to judge 1 Mike Michalske Michalske the old pro who played with and against Red Grange and has seen virtually every outstanding runnbr of the last 30 vears says a great one no doubt aboutit a different I because he tooIvhn nf Hinnpr frnm Ciranno mciiic strirlo Red would come at vou and And now Jim Swink 1 then go away This guy slops They call Jim the home in I starts i player because he goes for the Michalske who is line coach I long the 70 and 80 vardcr Join the un Register Every Day aL Parker Asiin Hardware! 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